Prevalência do tabagismo e sua influência sobre a exoftalmina em pacientes que receberam diagnóstico de doença de graves em hospital-escola da Paraíba.

Abstract

Introduction: Graves' disease represents a common etiology of hyperthyroidism. Orbital manifestations, with appearance and progression influenced by factors such as smoking, may appear in patients with Graves' disease. Objective: To assess the prevalence of smoking and its influence on exophthalmos in patients who received a diagnosis of Graves' disease at the Teaching Hospital of Campina Grande - PB. Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional study of all the 257 medical records with ICD-10 E05 (related to thyrotoxicosis), present in the Archive of HUAC Records, from September 1988 to December 2013. data collection was carried out from the information contained in the medical records of patients. The inclusion criterion used was the report of Graves' disease diagnosed by endocrinologists from September 1988 to December de 2012. The variables studied were: gender, age on admission date, place of birth, origin, level of education, marital status, presence of smoking and exophthalmos. Results: 257 medical records were analyzed. Of these, 87 met the inclusion criteria. With regard to the prevalence of smoking, 18.4% of patients reported being smokers; 16.1% denied smoking and for 65.5% of the patients did not check the record of data about the practice smoking. In the present study, no statistically significant association was found significant difference between smoking and the development of exophthalmos.